Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 905 · Decided 25 November 2024
Vijaya Singh & ANR. v. State of Uttarakhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 905 · [2024] 11 S.C.R. 906
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 122/2013
- Decided
- 25 November 2024
- Bench
- BELA M. TRIVEDI, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201; CrPC Section 164, 161, 162; Evidence Act Section 157
Headnote
Whether the Criminal Appeal filed by the Appellants challenging the conviction under Section 302/201 IPC can be entertained in the facts and circumstances of the case. Penal Code, 1860 - Section 302 - Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 - evidence reiterated - On facts and circumstances, held that the Trial Court and the High Court have correctly appreciated the evidence, and the conviction of the Appellant upheld: Held: It is a well settled principle of law that when a case is based on circumstantial evidence, the
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